On Tuesday the UP government announced the Kanwar Yatra - could take place with a "minimum number of people" and that a negative RT-PCR test could be made compulsory if required. On the other hand, Uttarakhand has canceled the Kanwar Yatra this year citing the Corona pandemic.
The Delhi High Court has issued notice in petition seeking adherance to legal mandate pertaining to the utilisation of fly ash for production of bricks.
The Court held that, from the judgment of Single Judge, it appears that he has taken a view that the correctness of the key answers were beyond the purview of judicial review, and therefore, the issue raised was not justifiable in the writ jurisdiction itself.
Meanwhile, the recovery rate in Uttar Pradesh has also improved to 97.6 percent as 16.56 lakh patients have recovered from the infection. Currently, the state has less than 20,000 active Covid-19 cases for the first time since its peak in April-end.
The Allahabad High Court on Friday directed the Uttar Pradesh Government regarding steps taken by it to ensure sufficient availability of Covid-19 vaccine in the State within 3-4 months.
The Supreme Court will hold a special sitting on Saturday to hear a petition regarding arrangements made by the Uttar Pradesh Government on social distancing and Covid-19 protection protocol during the counting of votes for the Panchayat elections which were held on April 29 in various villages.
In what can be called a major setback for the Uttar Pradesh government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the government to arrange for the shifting of arrested Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan
According to the joint statement by EGI President Seema Mustafa and others, the Editors Guild of India is deeply disturbed by the reports of inhuman treatment being meted out to journalist Siddique Kappan.